Bože! A Grace Catholic Project
Blog Maintenance
Re-decorating (Still) – An Opportunity To Express Evolving I.D.
Still working on the annual “re-decorating” finding the options and possibilities slightly over-whelming, but aside from that there is the very real issue of the visual “face” of the blog says a great deal about the blog. Over the course of the past few years the feel of the blog has (as you would expect) [...]
Annual Re-decorating
I’m in the process of re-decorating. Taking advantage of the fact that I’ve recently had to do some behind the scenes maintenance, and wanting to maximise the fullness of my chosen theme’s potential for the purposes of the site. Thus, over the next week or so you might see things changing colour, being stripped down, [...]
Re-arranging The Furniture
We have successfully done some behind the scenes house-maintenance, and moved the blog from “standard” hosting to “cloud hosting” with Laughing Squid our provider (yes this is a plug for Laughing Squid – they offer a fantastic service). It took a bit longer than I anticipated – but that was down to me taking my [...]
It Came, It Went, And I Completely Missed it
I just realised this morning that we’ve been working on this project, we call the “Theo-blog” for four years and . . .one month (well 4 years, 1 month, and 3 days) now. Happy birthday blog! When I started this experiment back in April 2006 I never imagined that it would have the staying power [...]
No Paint No Gain – Update
A few weeks ago we had a thread going based on some reading I had done about how Liberal churches were sabatogeing themselves. Chris Tessone posted some thoughts on the thread and I’ve finally responded. You can see the entire thread by clicking here. Tweet
Torture, Atonement – Suffering For the Good of Others?
Last week I posted on the Pew Forum’s recent survey suggesting that a shockingly high proportion of Christians hold that torture is acceptable. In my post – I stated that this figure suggests that our preachers, teachers, and community organisers are not doing enough to convey the central Christian tenet – that suffering, to cause [...]
Happy Birthday Bože!
I was curious. I sought an answer. It slipped by and I did not even notice it at first. On 3 April this blog was 3 years old. Here’s the very first post (just in case you’re curious too). I’ve tried to keep a rythm of blogging – to make it part of my weekly [...]
Theo-Tweets
You may have noticed I’ve added a new page to the site? I’ve been seeing a number of ministry sources encouraging the use of social networking – especially Twitter. I’m not entirely convinced yet but I’m more than willing to give it a go: though I’m still reading to see if I can fully understand [...]
Testing A New Plugin II – The God Version
Right, so here we are at the “theoblog” and testing the WordPress Wordbook plugin. In theory – a post here should also show up on Facebook. Tweet
New Diggs! Normal Programming Resuming!
After a few weeks of testing the new system on my personal blog and site; and spending some time thinking about the best method of consolidation and presentation, I’ve finally begun the process of moving the blog, the web pages, and the Indie Voices Archive to its new home. I’m hoping that I’ve given consideration [...]
Hand Over – Update
For some bizarre reason – the hand over from Old System to new on the Theo-web projects is taking longer than with my personal sites . . . . I’m hoping that it will sift out in the next day or two. thanks for your patience Tweet
And Now A Word . . .
We’ve tested the new web hosting with my personal page The Hour of Scampering and now that I’m confident I’ve done it correctly and can begin Phase II (re-design & blog integration) I can start Phase I with the Grace Catholic pages and the Indie Voices Archive site. Tweet
Situs Evaporatii – update
Since the evaporation of my web sites I’ve been “challenged” to look at other options. The option provided by my ISP is unsuitable – however, I’m now looking at an option which would allow me to combine blog and web site and streamline reader’s visits. Thank you for your patience – while this process is [...]
Buggered by Fruit!
Ok, so – not only have my web pages evaporated into thin ether – but now . . . the banners and some pics you “normally” see here – have too! I’m hoping to have at least this much fixed in the next 24-48 hours. And appreciate your patience. Our battle with Orange – our [...]
All Is Not Lost – Welcome 2008
No, I’ve not abandoned you! A belated Nativity post will appear soon; a timely Theophany post is also coming. Also my community is participating in this year’s Clergy Letter Project by producing a video exploring issues of science and religion (that won’t appear until the second week of February). So, “What did baby Jesus bring [...]
Death Is Inconvenient!
Death is so inconvenient! What I mean is not merely when people die, but when things die – like my long suffering laptop. Over the past two months the signs have not been good. She has been in and out of the shop, and the mystery illness could not be pegged by my trusty technitians [...]
The Return
I’m back from “le Grande Tour 2007″ – Paris, Vienna, Rome, Paris, Brussels – I saw the sights, ate the food, and walked, and roasted, and walked, and showered, and walked . . . you get the idea. You are no doubt awaiting the reflection from the most recent poll, as well as a few [...]
So Much To Do . . . .
No, I’ve not fallen off of the planet’s edge (for you flat worlders out there). No, I’ve not abandoned Bože! (Someone actually did a google search on the meaning of the word yesterday – amazingly after a year of blogging, and over 70 posts No One has ever asked! To my knowledge only three (yes [...]
Happy Blogiversary Everyone!
Today, 3 April, is a day that shall go down in infamy! Well. . . perhaps not, but as I was working on another post, I needed to look up how long we’ve been exploring indie ideas and issues together, and Lo! to my complete surprise it is exactly a year today! I would like [...]
And Just to Review . . .
We interrupt your normal blog-program to bring you the following reminders. 1) if you have not done so please “click” and be counted on this current poll (above) as there will be a post about it, and a new poll posted at the end of this coming week. 2) Before it gets lost in the [...]
A Timely Word
I was looking for something else when I came across this, and thought that it was worth while sharing: Ignatius of Antioch writes: “Constantly pray for others; for there is still hope that they may repent so as to attain to God. And so, allow them to learn from you, at least by your deeds. [...]
Interior Decorating – New Curtains & Some Structural Repair
With the new blogger layout options there are features I would like to make available to you – that are not easily arranged with the old HTML template I was working with. Thus, I beg your patience over the next few days whilst I experiment with the new code and layout. If, as a regular [...]
Return from Babylon
I have returned from a much needed break in Paris, and I’m full of ideas for posting, and for other projects. So stay tuned! Tweet
So Embarassing!
You won’t believe this! I just now (six months into the project) figured out how to comment on comments! DON’T ASK I’m chalking it up to some dysfunction with my slavic brain. Anyway up to now I’ve been replying to comments via email. Oh, and thanks to those of you who have commented on the [...]